Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister says our country’s economic reputation was at risk in February, which prompted the Trudeau government to unleash the big guns and invoke the Emergencies Act. Opposing parties are accusing Chrystia Freeland of being evasive and not answering the basic questions. NDP MP Matthew Green joins us in Hour 1. Over in Ontario’s biggest city, data shows that Toronto Police tend to use more force against Black people with minimal valid reasoning behind these approaches. A public apology was issued today. What needs to change? Meantime, after claiming that the company’s AI system has become sentient, an engineer has been suspended by Google. Is there any meat on those bones? Closing today’s program is a 1-on-1 conversation with Dr. Lori Glaze, the Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, as we talk about exploring Venus.